ESC braking causing spike?

[Nick]

I've been thinking...

The problem is when you brake/reverse, the motor generates additional voltage.

So, the capacitors need to be inbetween the ESC and motor? The problem is, when you reverse the motor, won't the voltage also reverse down the pos/neg wires? Which means the capacitors have to be non-polarised or they'll go bang.

And which of the 3 wires would I have to connect capacitors too?


I don't understand how putting capacitors on the battery side of the ESC will reduce the spike...?